Charles Barkley ends talks with LIV Golf, staying with Turner

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NBA Hall of Famer and television analyst Charles Barkley will not be joining LIV Golf as a broadcaster after entertaining the idea over the past few weeks, according to the New York Post. 

Barkley was rumored to be considering a move to LIV Golf, which could have impacted his current role as an analyst on TNT’s "Inside the NBA."

Charles Barkley with cigars on the seventh hole during the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 28, 2022 in Bedminster, New Jersey.  (Photo by Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

"I want to thank Greg Norman and LIV for their interest in me," Barkley said in a phone interview, according to The Post. "I wish those guys great success and nothing but the best. But, in my best interest, and being fair to Turner — because Turner and basketball have given me every single thing in my life — It is best for me to move on, and I’m staying with Turner for the rest of my TV career."

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Barkley played in LIV’s pro-am on Thursday, one day before the start of LIV Golf’s third tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. 

Sports analyst Charles Barkley talks to the Tahoe Douglas Fire Department about their efforts before teeing off Round Two of the 2022 American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on July 9, 2022 in Stateline, Nevada.  (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images)

On Thursday, Barkley told ESPN that he had yet to receive a formal offer from LIV Golf but did have a conversation with LIV CEO Greg Norman. 

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